Hinge connection



Sept. 9,A 1924. Y 1,508,229

F. D. LESLIE HINGE.` CONNECTION Pned Nov. 1, 192s Patented Sept. 9, 1924i.

FREELAND D. LESLIE, OF MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application filed November 1, 1923. Serial No. 672,182.

covered with an enamel of white or some other color in keeping with the batheroom fittings.

Heretofore it has been found difficult to secure the hinges to these seats and cover without leaving the securing screws exposed to View and forming crevices in which dirt is liable to lodge.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for connecting the hinges to the seat and cover without exposing the screws to view, thus making a perfectly sanitary device free from crevices which are apt to become filled with dirt.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be understood readily Without further description.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, one preferred form thereof is shown in the drawings, this form having been found to give satisfactory and reliable results, although itis to be understoodthat the various instrumentalities of which the inven tion consists can be variously arranged and organized, and that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organ# ization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described, except as required by the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a plan 'of a portion of a water closet hopper with hinge connections thereon embodying the principles of the present invention.

Figure 2 represents a vertical section thereof on the line '2, 2, on Figure 1, said figure being drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 represents a transverse section of same on line 3, 3, on Figure 2.

Figure 4 represents a sectional detail showing the cone shaped recess in the cover.

Figure 5 represents a section of a dowel to be secured in said recess, and

`Figure 6 represents a section on the line 6, 6, on Figure 1.

Similar characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the drawings 10 is the seat of a water closet hopper and 11 the cover thereof. The seat 10 and cover 11 are connected to hinge members 12 and 13 supported on arms 14: extending upwardly from a rear projection 15 of the hopper, all as shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,429,513, issued tio .me September 19, 1922. i,

In carrying out my present invention the seat and 'cover members 10 and 11 are each provided with a plurality of conical. recesses 16 in one face thereof, these recesses extending only partly through the members 10 and 11. 1

The hinge leaves 12 and 13 are providedv with a plurality of threaded sockets 1 7, exe

tending only partially through the said leaf members as shown in Figures 2 and 3. These sockets 17 are designed to receive the threaded ends yof the screws 18, each provided with a head 19 between which and the hinge members 12 or 13 is a tapered dowel 20 with glue before they are kforced into the recesses. Inl mounting the seat 10 and. c'over 11 upon the hinge members 12 and 1?, the

dowels are placed in, position upon said hinge members and are then secured 'in posi? tion b-y means ofthe screws 18. The cater faces' of the dowels 2Oy are covered-with glue and then said dowels 20' are positioned in the recesses 1.6, after which each. hinge member is subjected to considerable pressure to force the dowels 20 solidly into' the recesses 16, said dowels being slightly compressed during this operation.

The two parallel arms of the hinge member 12 are connected by a cylindrical member 21, the ends of which are driven into alined openings 21X in said arms. l

Inasmuch as this member 21 is fiXedly secured in the arms of the member12, it is obvious that a single coat of enamel may be applied to both of these membf Smlllt'ni" ously without a break in the coat of enamel at any point.

Within the opposite ends of the cylindrical member 21 are disposed the inner endsl of tubular members 22, the outer ends of which project beyond the ends of the cylindrical member 21 through openings in the parallel arms of the hinge leaf 13 and are threaded to the supports 14.

Between the inner ends of the tubular kmember 22 and separating them the required distance apart is a wooden dowel 23, the ends of which are tapered and positioned securely in sockets in said tubular members 22.

The dowel 23 serves to retain the tubular members 22 in proper position relatively to each other until the members 22 are mounted in the supports la, after which said members 22 serve as trunnions on which the hinge members 12 and 13 are free to move.

By means of this construction it is possible to mount the seat and cover upon the hopper by hinge members which can be enamelled throughout and in which none of the securing members will be exposed to view.

This makes a perfectly sanitary connection for this purpose in which are eliminated all crevices in which dirt might collect. It is believed that the operation of the invention and its many advantages will be fully understood without further description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a member having a recess in one face thereof; a hinge member; a screw secured therein and having a head spaced therefrom; and a tubular member surrounding the shank of said screw between its head and said hinge member adapted to be permanently positioned in said recess.

2. In a device of the class described, a member having a conical recess in one face thereof; a hinge member; a screw secured therein and having a head spaced therefrom; and a tapered tubular member surrounding the shank of said screw between its head and said hinge member adapted to be permanently positioned in said recess.

3. In a device of the class described,

member having a recess in one face thereof; a hinge member; a screw secured therein and having a head spaced therefrom; and a tubular member surrounding the shank of said screw between its head and said hinge member adapted to be permanently positioned in said recess by glue.

a. In a device of the class described, a hinge member having a pair of parallel arms provided with alined openings therein; a cylindrical member secured in said openings; a threaded member extending into each end of said cylindrical member; a dowel with its opposite ends embedded in sockets in the inner ends of said threaded members;- and supports to receive the thr aded ends of said members.

5. In a device of the class described, a

hinge member having a pair of parallel arms provided with alined openings therein; a cylindrical member secured in said openings; a threaded member extending into each end of said cylindrical member; a dowel with its opposite ends tapered and embedded in sockets in the inner ends of said threaded members; and supports to receive the threaded ends of said members.

6. In a device of the class described, a member having a conical recess in one face thereof; a second member; screw secured therein and having a head spaced therefrom; and a tapered tubular member surrounding the shank of said screw between its head and said memberl adapted to be permanently positioned in said recess.

In a device of the class described, a member having a recess extending partly therethrough; a second member having a threaded socket extending partly therethrough; a screw one end of which is secured in said socket while the other end projects from one face of said second member; and a dowel secured to said second member by said screw and adapted to be permanently positioned in said recess.

Signed by me at 'T46-'7016i South Bldg., Boston, Mass., this 31st day of October, 1923.

FREELAND D. LESLIE. 1Witnesses:

WALTER E. LOMBARD, NATHAN C. Loi/mann. 

